The Dutch word for to taste is
proeven
Dutch Definition
| taste | |
| 1. smaak | |
| 2. proeven | |
| 3. smaken |
Translations for taste and their definitions
| proeven |  © | |
| 1. v. to taste (something) | ||
| Deze vis proeft raar. - This fish tastes funny. | ||
| 2. v. to test by tasting | ||
| 3. v. to experience, taste, try | ||
| Daar, ik proefde hoe de hemel is. - There, I have tasted what heaven is like. | ||
| 4. v. (obsolete, transitive) To (provide) prove (for) | ||
| 5. n. plural of proef | ||
| 6. n. plural of proeve | ||
| smaken | |
| 1. v. to taste | |
| Deze soep smaakt me goed. - This soup tastes good to me. | |
| 2. v. to taste good, to be likable in taste | |
| Smaakt het? - Does it taste good? / Do you like it? | |
| 3. v. to experience; to enjoy | |
| Het succes van zijn noeste arbeid heeft hij niet meer mogen smaken. - He has not been able to witness the success of his hard work. | |
| Laat het u smaken! - Enjoy the food! | |
| 4. n. plural of smaak |
| smaak | |
| 1. n-m. taste, sense of taste | |
| 2. n-m. taste, decorum | |
| de goede smaak - good taste | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present indicative of smaken | |
| 4. v. imperative of smaken |
| ondergaan | |
| 1. v. to undergo, endure | |
| Hij onderging zijn straf. - He underwent his punishment. | |
| 2. v. to put up with | |
| Ik wil die herrie niet meer ondergaan. - I don't want to put up with that noise. | |
| 3. Participle. past participle of ondergaan | |
| 4. v. To go down; to set. | |
| De zon ging onder. — The sun went down. | |
| De ondergaande zon. — The setting sun. |
| gevoelen | |
| 1. v. to feel | |
| Hij liet haar gevoelen dat ze welkom was. - He made her feel welcome. | |
| Zij gevoelde zich gelukkig en tevreden met haar leven. - She felt happy and content with her life. | |
| 2. n-n. feeling | |
| Hij had een warm gevoelen van liefde voor zijn familie. - He had a warm feeling of love for his family. | |
| 3. n-n. belief, faith | |
| Haar gevoelens over religie waren diepgeworteld. - Her beliefs about religion were deeply rooted. |
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